Top 20 drama series on Netflix
Drama genre is intended to be a serious genre mixed with intense sensations. Good drama series can blossom sensations and feelings if you aim to watch them with your partner or alone. Here there are the best drama movies you can watch today in Netflix.1. Friends (1994)
"Friends" narrates the adventures and misfortunes of six young people in new york. They form a united gang of friends who live in Manhattan. Despite the many changes that take place in their lives, their friendship is unwavering.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
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2. Black Mirror (2025)
Anthological series created by Charlie Brooker that shows the dark side of technology and how it affects and can alter our life, sometimes with consequences as unpredictable as terrifying.
Genres: Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
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3. Blue Eye Samurai (2023)
A master of the mestizo ancestry sword lives a covert life while looking for revenge in the Japan of the Edo period.
Genres: Animation, Drama, Action/Adventure
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4. Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
Woo Young Woo, a 27-year-old lawyer with autism who graduated at the top of his class from a prestigious law school. His high IQ of 164, exceptional memory, and creative thinking skills contribute to his success on the field.
Genres: Drama, Drama, Drama
5. Heartstopper (2024)
Charlie and Nick attend the same school, but never meet until the day they sit down together. Soon Charlie is falling for Nick, though she doesn't think he stands a chance.
Genres: Family, Romance, Drama, Family
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6. House of Cards (2018)
"House of Cards" follows the ruthless politician Francis Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, and his quest for power in Washington. He manipulates the media and forms alliances to further his political ambitions. The show is based on a novel and has received critical acclaim.
Genres: Drama, Thriller
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7. Hannibal (2013)
Will Graham, who works at the FBI as a crime analyst, has an innate ability to empathize with psychopaths. But, when he realizes that the mind of the serial killer he is looking for is too complex even for him, he seeks the help of one of the country's leading psychiatrists, Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Genres: Drama, Horror
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8. Spartacus (2013)
Spartacus narrates a Thracian warrior betrayed by Rome, enslaved and trained as a gladiator under Batiatus. He rises as a crowd hero, leads a slave rebellion in late Republican Rome, challenging corruption and seeking freedom, reunion with his wife, and vengeance.
Genres: Drama, Action/Adventure
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9. The Legend of Korra (2012)
The series is developed in the same fictitious world of Avatar: the legend of Aang. It focus on the ability of some humans to control an element associated with their nation.
Genres: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Science fiction, Children
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10. Vincenzo (2021)
Park Joo-Hyung, now Vincenzo Casano, a lawyer working for the mafia, flees to South Korea and gets involved with lawyer Hong Cha-Young. As they fight for social justice, Vincenzo also falls in love with her.
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Drama
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11. Taboo (2017)
Year 1814. James Keziah Delaney is a man who was given dead after traveling to Africa and spending ten years without news of him. Now, James, who has been in the confines of the earth, where he almost loses his life, returns to London completely changed and with fourteen diamonds stolen in his pocket.
Genres: Mystery, Drama
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12. Maid (2021)
A single mother does domestic work to make ends meet while fighting destitution and bureaucracy.
Genres: Drama, Drama
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13. Final Space (2018)
Final Space follows astronaut Gary Goodspeed and cute but planet‑destroying alien Mooncake as they, with allies like Avocato, quest across the galaxy to find the universe’s edge while evading the sinister Lord Commander — a sci‑fi action comedy‑drama.
Genres: Animation, Science fiction, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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14. Young Royals (2024)
Away from royal duties, a young prince gets a chance to discover himself until he suddenly takes first place in the line of succession.
Genres: Romance, Drama, Family
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15. One Day (2024)
Two friends, Emma and Dexter, spend their prom night together before going their separate ways. Despite their different paths, their lives are interconnected. This story is based on the novel by David Nicholls.
Genres: Romance, Drama
16. Resident Alien (2022)
After crash-landing in rural Colorado, an alien assumes Dr. Harry Vanderspeigel’s identity to hide while scavenging ship parts. Posing as the town physician, he learns people from TV, bonds with locals and lawmen, then doubts a secret mission that could destroy humanity.
Genres: Drama, Science fiction, Comedy
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17. Ripley (2024)
In the early 1960s, con man Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf. Living Dickie's glamorous life, Ripley becomes envious and spins lies, slowly transforming into someone who will reshape his identity to belong.
Genres: Drama, Thriller
18. The Glory (2022)
Many years after being brutally assaulted in the institute, a woman launches an elaborate revenge plan so that those responsible pay for their crimes.
Genre: Drama
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19. Trapped (2015)
Trapped is an Icelandic crime drama: Chief of Police Andri, whose private life unravels, must solve a murder in a remote town cut off by a snowstorm that strands hundreds — everyone becomes a suspect.
Genres: Thriller, Drama
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20. The Gentlemen (2024)
The series follows Eddie inheriting his father's estate, which unknowingly sits atop a weed empire owned by Bobby Glass. Eddie must navigate the criminal underworld to take control of the operation.
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Action/Adventure